Published on Monday, 6 July 2015 at 12:00:00 AM
Recycling has been a hot topic in the community for some time and the City of Greater Geraldton is introducing new ways for the community to recycle their waste.
City of Greater Geraldton Mayor, Ian Carpenter, is encouraging people to gain a better understanding of how they can recycle their waste.
“Additionally, the costs and carbon emissions in transporting it to Perth don’t stack up environmentally or financially.”
The City encourages residents to utilise other local places for recycling including Cogman Recycling and other not-for-profit organisations.
As part of the new budget, new fees have been introduced at Meru Waste Disposal Facility.
These three streams include clean green waste, scrap metal and general waste.
These charges won’t be introduced until October 1 so the City is encouraging residents to utilise the free service before the charges are introduced.
There will also be two free dumping weeks every year.
Funds for waste management have also extended to Mullewa with the City looking to re-design the Mullewa Landfill facility and turn it into a fully compliant Waste Transfer Station.
In the 15/16 Budget, $100,000 has been allocated for the construction of such a facility to transport general waste back to Meru, the Midwest region’s only Class III facility.
The City has also announced that the annual bulk verge side collection has been discontinued in Geraldton.
“We are mindful that not everyone has the ability to get their rubbish to the waste facility and we have put a strategy in place to address that,” Mayor Carpenter said.
Whilst stopping the verge side collection, the City will be providing an alternate service for pensioners which will entail one free bulk bin dropped to their property. This will be subject to an application to the City and the service will commence in October.
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